We already cap down the actual max_sectors to the max of the hardware and user limit, so don't reject the configuration. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-settings.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c index 3c7d8d638ab59d..cdbaef159c4bc3 100644 --- a/block/blk-settings.c +++ b/block/blk-settings.c @@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ static int blk_validate_limits(struct queue_limits *lim) max_hw_sectors = min_not_zero(lim->max_hw_sectors, lim->max_dev_sectors); if (lim->max_user_sectors) { - if (lim->max_user_sectors > max_hw_sectors || - lim->max_user_sectors < PAGE_SIZE / SECTOR_SIZE) + if (lim->max_user_sectors < PAGE_SIZE / SECTOR_SIZE) return -EINVAL; lim->max_sectors = min(max_hw_sectors, lim->max_user_sectors); } else { -- 2.39.2